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A Minnesota woman who was hospitalized with damage to multiple organs after she was overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony died Saturday, sheriff’s officials said.

The death of 49-year-old Liz Neuman brings the total number of deaths from the Oct. 8 incident at a resort near Sedona to three, Yavapai County sheriff’s spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn said.

Authorities are treating the deaths as homicides, but no charges have been filed.
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Neuman was among more than 50 people crowded inside the sweat lodge run by self-help guru James Arthur Ray. An emergency call two hours after they entered the lodge reported two people not breathing.

Twenty-one people were taken to area hospitals with illnesses ranging from dehydration to kidney failure. Kirby Brown, 38, of Westtown, N.Y., and James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee died upon arrival at a hospital.

No one else remains hospitalized.

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This article explores the archaeology surrounding the worship of Celtic deities in Roman Britain after the Roman occupation and what information they have to offer us.

The archaeological remains of deities throughout the world have been many, and classical deities from Greece and Rome have always captured the minds and imaginations of archaeologists, historians, writers, poets, actors etc. However, the deities of Celtic Britain have often been overlooked since there is less information regarding them. It is my aim to look, discuss and evaluate the archaeological remains from temples, shrines and other artefacts, of native Celtic deities in order to understand more about how, when and why they were worshipped.

Once the Romans invaded and conquered Britannia, it can be somewhat difficult to find evidence of the native Celtic deities before the Roman occupation within the archaeological record. The Celtic British had an oral traditional, in which stories, legends and myths were told instead of written down. In fact, because of this, there is little evidence to find. We only become aware of these deities due to the Roman soldiers making dedications and having inscriptions copied onto them. Because of this, some deities were intertwined or associated with gods and goddesses from all around the Roman Empire.

The first Celtic deity that I wish to look at are the Genii Cucullati, otherwise known as the Hooded Spirits, since they are usually depicted as three figures (sometimes unclear to whether these figures are male or female) wearing hooded cloaks.  Throughout Britain, stone reliefs have depicted these figures who are believed to be lesser deities of fertility and the afterlife.

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With the launch of the University of Carneige Mellon’s death calculator website, you know have a way to find out just what your death risk ranking is on any variable. Say you want to know what the odds of you dying of heart disease are? The death risk calculator can tell you just that. It will not tell you if you will die from heart disease just what your risks are.

The information you can obtain from the death calculator is very helpful. It can give you an idea of areas in your life you may need to look a little harder at, such as if you are over-weight. Or it can even inform you if you are at a high risk of one day having a disease that can be preventable or cured if caught early.

The information you get from the death risk calculator can be part of your effort to reduce your death risk ranking. There are other steps you can do to reduce your death risk ranking. They all involve your life-style in some manner.

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Introduction: Revisiting the Bloody Valentines of 2009

The Valentine’s Day flurry of promotional ads for jewelry, chocolates, and romantic “human interest” spots on the local news often shares the spotlight with news coverage of a brutal, if ironic, Valentine’s Day “crime of passion.” Research has shown that each year murders spike in the period just before and after Valentines Day (from February 8-17), as does intimate partner violence directed at women. [1] In part, this is why American feminist Eve Ensler launched a global V-Day campaign to “take back” Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to raise awareness and prevent violence against women and girls. [2] Stories of Valentine’s Day “crimes of passion” grip us in part because the gruesome details that characterize them stand in such sharp contrast to the ubiquitous symbols of romantic love that mark the holiday: pink and red hearts, winged cupids, and long-stemmed roses. Statistics show that American women are far more likely to be murdered by a husband or a boyfriend than a stranger, [3] and each year Valentine’s Day media accounts of “love gone wrong” manage to shock us without really surprising us.

In February 2009, the faces of two women of color were juxtaposed against the romantic symbols of the season as victims of domestic violence. The first is the photograph taken by the Los Angeles Police Department as legal evidence of Barbadian pop star Rihanna’s bruised and swollen face after allegedly being beaten by her African-American boyfriend R&B artist Chris Brown. On February 8, Brown was arrested on charges of making criminal threats. The police photo, leaked to popular entertainment site TMZ, sparked a media frenzy. Some of the mainstream media’s coverage was balanced and productive, furthering the national conversation on intimate partner violence and raising awareness of both its prevalence and the resources available for victims. Some of it, however, was deeply troubling in how it reproduced racial and gender stereotypes, such as whether Rihanna had triggered the attack, whether she should be blamed for not ending the relationship sooner, or whether blacks are more “prone” to domestic violence. [...]

A Malaysian model, who was set to become the first woman caned in the southeast Asian country for drinking beer in public, was inexplicably spared her sentence Monday, her father said.

Authorities had picked up Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, from her father’s house Monday morning and were taking her to a prison in the eastern state of Pahang when the van turned around and brought her back.

“They sent her back to the house. They said the top official asked them not to bring her to Kuala Lumpur,” said Kartika’s father, Shukarno Abdul Muttalib.

It was not immediately known whether authorities had dropped the sentence or postponed it. It was also not clear who had ordered Kartika returned.

“Now I am frightened and I am going to the police station to make a report,” the father said. “I don’t want them to say that Kartika ran away when they came here. I want them to know she was returned.”

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Looking for Ramadhan recipes?, you can try this one.

Recipes for Ramadan are prepared with a great eager and taste in  Middle East, Asia, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon-Afghanistan, Sudan, Saudi-Arabia-the and so many other Muslims and non-Muslim countries. The dried chow mien noodles in this soup are not the fried ones that have been used with chop sue for many years. Be sure to use the correct noodles.

4 person servings:
1 ounce dried cloud ear or shiitake mushrooms
Hot water
2 cans (141⁄2 ounces each) reduced-sodium fat-free
chicken broth
2 tablespoons dry sherry (optional)
8 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed
1⁄2 cup each: sliced white mushrooms, carrots
11⁄2 teaspoons light soy sauce
1⁄2 teaspoon five-spice powder
2 ounces snow peas, trimmed
1⁄2 package (5 ounces) dried chow mein noodles
Salt and pepper, to taste

Method:

1. Place dried mushrooms in bowl; pour hot water over to cover. Let stand until mushrooms are soft, about 15 minutes; drain. Slice mushrooms, discarding any tough parts.
2. Combine mushrooms and remaining ingredients, except snow peas, chow mein noodles, salt, and pepper, in slow cooker; cover and cook on high 4 to 5 hours, adding snow peas and chow mein noodles during last 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Ramadan in 2009 will start on Friday, the 21st of August and will continue for 30 days until Saturday, the 19th of September.

Based on sightability in North America, in 2009 Ramadan will start in North America a day later – on Saturday, the 22nd of August.

Note that in the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Ramadan on the sunset of Thursday, the 20th of August.

Although Ramadan is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year, since the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar and the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar. This difference means Ramadan moves in the Gregorian calendar approximately 11 days every year. The date of Ramadan may also vary from country to country depending on whether the moon has been sighted or not.

The dates provided here are based on the dates adopted by the Fiqh Council of North America for the celebration of Ramadan. Note that these dates are based on astronomical calculations to affirm each date, and not on the actual sighting of the moon with the naked eyes. This approach is accepted by many, but is still being hotly debated.

TCM will show another of its “Essentials,” Fred Zinnemann’s unforgettable masterpiece From Here to Eternity 1953. The lives of five people are intertwined and come together on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor –the defining moment in 20th century America. These strongly defined characters are brilliantly played by one of the most extraordinarily effective casts ever assembled: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed.

From Here to Eternity’s iconic status today, makes it difficult to imagine the great controversy it raised when it was released in 1953. James Jones’ epic 800-page novel was a huge bestseller; But Its language was so crude, it was raw and unwieldy and was thought to be un-filmable. The highly complex story would have taken hours of screen time to do justice to its expansive narrative. The censors would never allow Jones’ graphic description of matter of fact sexuality and his portrayal of military life as a dehumanizing force that can destroy a man. After paying the then staggering amount of $82,000 for the rights, Columbia chief Harry Cohn was determined to complete the production, quickly known throughout the film community as “Cohn’s Folly.” Cohn whet through dozens of treatments until he at last found an adaptation by Daniel Taradash.

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